Bellator 136 gets five new fights, including Held vs. Sarnavskiy, Beltran vs. Rogers

April’s Bellator 136 is starting to fill out, and the promotion today announced five new additions to the card, including a lightweight matchup of Marcin Held (20-3 MMA, 9-2 BMMA) vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy (30-2 MMA, 5-2 BMMA).

Featuring a lightweight title fight between current champ Will Brooks (15-1 MMA, 8-1 BMMA) and challenger Dave Jansen (20-2 MMA, 7-0 BMMA), Bellator 136 takes place April 10 at Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif. The night’s main card airs live on Spike TV (9 p.m. ET), with prelims streaming live on MMAjunkie (7 p.m. ET).

Additional contests are expected to be announced shortly.

Held is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and former no-gi grappling world champion. He has been competing in MMA professionally since 2008 and has earned 11 of his 20 career wins by tapout. With just one loss in his past 11 appearances, Held owns Bellator MMA wins over Patricky Freire, Nate Jolly, Derek Anderson, Rodrigo Cavalheiro, Ryan Healy, Rich Clementi, Murad Machaev, Derrick Kennington and Phillipe Nover.

Sarnavskiy has an equally impressive career record. A seven-time Bellator MMA veteran, Sarnavskiy is currently enjoying a five-fight winning streak and is 10-1 in his past 11 appearances. In his 30 career victories, 25 have come by stoppage, including 18 submissions and seven knockouts.

Papazian is a seven-year veteran of the sport who has been training in martial arts since he was just 6 years old. A former King of the Cage flyweight champion, Papazian is 3-1 in his past four outings. He faces Shippen, a Reign Training Center product who is 11-1 in his past 12 appearances and has earned 13 of his 14 career wins by stoppage, including five knockouts and eight submissions.

The hard-hitting Beltran is a three-time Bellator MMA veteran and former light heavyweight who now makes his first appearance in the middleweight division. A slugger by trade, 11 of Beltran’s 15 career wins have come by way of knockout. He now meets fellow knockout artist Rogers. With nine Bellator MMA appearances to his name, Rogers also prefers to stand and bang and has earned nine of his 11 career wins with strikes.

Awad is a Millennia MMA product who owns five wins under the Bellator MMA banner, four of which have come by stoppage. Fourteen of his 17 career wins have come by stoppage, including seven knockouts and seven submissions. He faces Sinclair, who is 8-1 in his past nine appearances. Ten of Sinclair’s 12 career wins have come by way of finish, including nine knockouts, and he now makes his Bellator MMA debut.

Santa Maria is a Reign Training Center fighter who made his professional debut in March 2014 and has already picked up three victories, including a November win under the Bellator MMA banner. He now faces Ramirez, who suffered a split-decision loss in his professional debut and now hopes to earn his first official career victory.